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What would be the effect if only 10% of all American households put up a small wind turbine on their property.
How much energy could a simple small windmill in my backyard create and how much energy could that save America per year.
I like Matts answer. So 10 million small windmills could take care of the energy needs of almost 2.5 million people?
Residential windmills are often rated in watts, not kilowatts. They are limited in many areas by building height codes as towers ranging from 25 to 50 feet are required to capture wind of sufficient velocity. A basic 3000W windmill would cost $8000 and allow you to run a hair dryer and a fridge while the wind was blowing. Installing such a windmill in 10 million homes ($80 billion) would provide 30 gigawatts of power out of 3.23 terawatts of national consumption or 0.9% of the total.
